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Tracy Chevalier is a renowned British novelist known for her delicate narrative and profound historical insight. Her works often focus on characters and events from specific historical periods, using fictional stories to depict real historical backgrounds.

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“Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum.”

Ifs Knows Writing Care Approach Don't Care Sentences Description Layers Minimum Adjectives Older Women Adverbs Busier Adjectives And Adverbs

Author:Tracy Chevalier

“I have spent my life waiting for something to happen,’ she said. ‘And I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has, and I blinked during that moment and it's gone. I don't know which is worse — to have missed it or to know there is nothing to miss.’ Falling Angels”

Knows Said Moments Happens Fall Waiting Gone Missing Angel That Moment Waiting For Something

Author:Tracy Chevalier

“I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.”

Knows Men Wanted Pearls

Book:Tracy Chevalier 3-Book Collection: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Falling Angels

Source: Tracy Chevalier 3-Book Collection: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Falling Angels

“You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.”

Knows Hard Names Daughter My Daughter Gossip

Book:Girl With a Pearl Earring

Source: Girl With a Pearl Earring

“Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.”

Thinking Knows Writing Interesting About Yourself

Author:Tracy Chevalier

About the Author

Born: October 19, 1962
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 53

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